Port Hope, Ont. (22 security guards) and United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers Intl. Union (USW), Local 8562
Renewal agreement: Effective July 8, 2016, to June 30, 2019. Signed on July 8, 2016.
Wage adjustments:
Effective July 1, 2016: 2.25%
Effective July 1, 2017: 2.25%
Effective July 1, 2018: 2.5%
Shift premium: $0.45 per hour for work between 4 p.m. and midnight. $0.65 per hour for work between midnight and 8 a.m. Time and one-half for regularly scheduled work on Sunday.
Paid holidays: 10 days.
Vacations with pay: 2 weeks or 4% after 1 year, 3 weeks or 6% after 5 years, 4 weeks or 8% after 8 years, 5 weeks or 10% after 20 years.
Overtime: Time and one-half for all hours worked after regular hours. Double time for all hours worked after 12 hours in a 24-hour period; for work after scheduled hours on normally scheduled day off. Time and one-half for working a change in schedule without 48 hours’ prior notice. Double time and one-half for hours worked after regular hours on a Sunday (if Sunday is a day off); for more than 12 hours worked on a Sunday, if scheduled to work.
Meal allowance: Meal will be provided for employees working more than 2 hours' overtime after regular shift, without prior notice.
Medical benefits: 100% of premiums paid by the company.
Dental: $1,775 per year maximum. Orthodontics: 50% coverage, lifetime limit of $1,600 per person.
Vision: $400 per person per year for eye glasses or laser surgery. $100 per person every 24 months (12 months for children younger than 18) for eye examinations.
Paramedical: 100% of costs paid by the company for chiropractors, osteopaths. $750 per person per year for physiotherapy, chiropractor, massage therapy, psychologist, speech therapist, podiatrist, chiropodist, acupuncturist, osteopath, naturopath.
STD: 75% of pre-disability weekly earnings, without EI carve-out.
LTD: 70% of pre-disability regular monthly earnings, maximum $6,000 per month from week 16 to age 65. Benefit reduced by amount of CPP earned.
AD&D: $72,000 in benefits paid.
Life insurance: $72,000 coverage for employee, $10,000 for spouse, $5,000 for each dependant.
Pension: 6.5% of earnings deducted from pay, matched by employer.
Bereavement leave: 4 days for death in immediate family (brother, sister, father, mother, father-in-law, mother-in-law, foster-parent, grandson, granddaughter, stepmother, stepfather, grandfather, grandmother, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, daughter-in-law, son-in-law, spouse’s grandparent, spouse’s grandchild, relative residing in employee’s household). 30 days for death of spouse or child (including child of spouse).
Seniority – recall rights: 36 months.
Call-in pay: Minimum 4 hours’ pay, double time if work is between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. Minimum 3 hours’ pay if employee given prior notice.
Probationary period: 520 hours.
Discipline: Sunset clause is 24 months.
Severance: For more than 1 year of service, 80 hours times the hourly rate plus 40 hours times the hourly rate for each year, maximum 36 weeks.
Uniforms/clothing: Will be provided by the company.
Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 4.8% increase):
1: $27.58 rising 2 steps to $28.90
2: $28.03 rising 2 steps to $29.38
3: $28.48 rising 2 steps to $29.85
4: $28.94 rising 2 steps to $30.33
5: $29.39 rising 2 steps to $30.80
6: $29.84 rising 2 steps to $31.28
7: $30.29 rising 2 steps to $31.75
8: $30.74 rising 2 steps to $32.22
9: $31.20 rising 2 steps to $32.70
10: $31.65 rising 2 steps to $33.17
11: $32.10 rising 2 steps to $33.64
12: $32.55 rising 2 steps to $34.12
13: $33.00 rising 2 steps to $34.60
14: $33.46 rising 2 steps to $35.07
15: $33.91 rising 2 steps to $35.54
16: $34.36 rising 2 steps to $36.01
17: $34.81 rising 2 steps to $36.49
18: $35.26 rising 2 steps to $36.96
19: $35.72 rising 2 steps to $37.43
20: $36.17 rising 2 steps to $37.91
21: $36.62 rising 2 steps to $38.38
22: $37.07 rising 2 steps to $38.85
23: $37.53 rising 2 steps to $39.33
24: $37.98 rising 2 steps to $39.80
25: $38.43 rising 2 steps to $40.28
26: $38.88 rising 2 steps to $40.75
27: $39.33 rising 2 steps to $41.22
28: $39.79 rising 2 steps to $41.70
Summer student: 19.31 rising 2 steps to $20.23
Editor’s notes: Lieu time accumulation: Maximum 156 hours can be accumulated. Excess lieu time after 156 hours will be automatically paid out. Service vacations: In addition to regular vacation, each employee who completes 25 years of service will receive a service vacation of 3 weeks with pay. Service vacation can be claimed every 5 years. May be waived and claimed at retirement as pay. Special leave: The day before Christmas Day, the day before New Year’s Day, the day after New Year’s Day, to all employees except shift workers scheduled for Christmas and New Year’s. 3 days will be added to vacation entitlement for those whose do not take special leave. Long-service recognition: $200 per year of service paid on employee’s last day of work.
Wage adjustments:
Effective July 1, 2016: 2.25%
Effective July 1, 2017: 2.25%
Effective July 1, 2018: 2.5%
Shift premium: $0.45 per hour for work between 4 p.m. and midnight. $0.65 per hour for work between midnight and 8 a.m. Time and one-half for regularly scheduled work on Sunday.
Paid holidays: 10 days.
Vacations with pay: 2 weeks or 4% after 1 year, 3 weeks or 6% after 5 years, 4 weeks or 8% after 8 years, 5 weeks or 10% after 20 years.
Overtime: Time and one-half for all hours worked after regular hours. Double time for all hours worked after 12 hours in a 24-hour period; for work after scheduled hours on normally scheduled day off. Time and one-half for working a change in schedule without 48 hours’ prior notice. Double time and one-half for hours worked after regular hours on a Sunday (if Sunday is a day off); for more than 12 hours worked on a Sunday, if scheduled to work.
Meal allowance: Meal will be provided for employees working more than 2 hours' overtime after regular shift, without prior notice.
Medical benefits: 100% of premiums paid by the company.
Dental: $1,775 per year maximum. Orthodontics: 50% coverage, lifetime limit of $1,600 per person.
Vision: $400 per person per year for eye glasses or laser surgery. $100 per person every 24 months (12 months for children younger than 18) for eye examinations.
Paramedical: 100% of costs paid by the company for chiropractors, osteopaths. $750 per person per year for physiotherapy, chiropractor, massage therapy, psychologist, speech therapist, podiatrist, chiropodist, acupuncturist, osteopath, naturopath.
STD: 75% of pre-disability weekly earnings, without EI carve-out.
LTD: 70% of pre-disability regular monthly earnings, maximum $6,000 per month from week 16 to age 65. Benefit reduced by amount of CPP earned.
AD&D: $72,000 in benefits paid.
Life insurance: $72,000 coverage for employee, $10,000 for spouse, $5,000 for each dependant.
Pension: 6.5% of earnings deducted from pay, matched by employer.
Bereavement leave: 4 days for death in immediate family (brother, sister, father, mother, father-in-law, mother-in-law, foster-parent, grandson, granddaughter, stepmother, stepfather, grandfather, grandmother, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, daughter-in-law, son-in-law, spouse’s grandparent, spouse’s grandchild, relative residing in employee’s household). 30 days for death of spouse or child (including child of spouse).
Seniority – recall rights: 36 months.
Call-in pay: Minimum 4 hours’ pay, double time if work is between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. Minimum 3 hours’ pay if employee given prior notice.
Probationary period: 520 hours.
Discipline: Sunset clause is 24 months.
Severance: For more than 1 year of service, 80 hours times the hourly rate plus 40 hours times the hourly rate for each year, maximum 36 weeks.
Uniforms/clothing: Will be provided by the company.
Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 4.8% increase):
1: $27.58 rising 2 steps to $28.90
2: $28.03 rising 2 steps to $29.38
3: $28.48 rising 2 steps to $29.85
4: $28.94 rising 2 steps to $30.33
5: $29.39 rising 2 steps to $30.80
6: $29.84 rising 2 steps to $31.28
7: $30.29 rising 2 steps to $31.75
8: $30.74 rising 2 steps to $32.22
9: $31.20 rising 2 steps to $32.70
10: $31.65 rising 2 steps to $33.17
11: $32.10 rising 2 steps to $33.64
12: $32.55 rising 2 steps to $34.12
13: $33.00 rising 2 steps to $34.60
14: $33.46 rising 2 steps to $35.07
15: $33.91 rising 2 steps to $35.54
16: $34.36 rising 2 steps to $36.01
17: $34.81 rising 2 steps to $36.49
18: $35.26 rising 2 steps to $36.96
19: $35.72 rising 2 steps to $37.43
20: $36.17 rising 2 steps to $37.91
21: $36.62 rising 2 steps to $38.38
22: $37.07 rising 2 steps to $38.85
23: $37.53 rising 2 steps to $39.33
24: $37.98 rising 2 steps to $39.80
25: $38.43 rising 2 steps to $40.28
26: $38.88 rising 2 steps to $40.75
27: $39.33 rising 2 steps to $41.22
28: $39.79 rising 2 steps to $41.70
Summer student: 19.31 rising 2 steps to $20.23
Editor’s notes: Lieu time accumulation: Maximum 156 hours can be accumulated. Excess lieu time after 156 hours will be automatically paid out. Service vacations: In addition to regular vacation, each employee who completes 25 years of service will receive a service vacation of 3 weeks with pay. Service vacation can be claimed every 5 years. May be waived and claimed at retirement as pay. Special leave: The day before Christmas Day, the day before New Year’s Day, the day after New Year’s Day, to all employees except shift workers scheduled for Christmas and New Year’s. 3 days will be added to vacation entitlement for those whose do not take special leave. Long-service recognition: $200 per year of service paid on employee’s last day of work.
